Ruckus Wireless as an Unifi alternative?

[tasort]

I got the power issue sorted out, thanks!

Are the clients associating to the SSIDs on the new AP but then failing to get IP addresses, or do they fail to associate?

I think fail to associate, but I'm not sure how to tell. Windows clients give the message "Can't connect to this network", android "Couldn't connect to network". I tried manually configuring an IP on the same subnet as the AP and get "Connection failed" on android.
I've yet to see anything show up in the wireless clients list in Unleashed.

Edit:
I somehow got it working. Not entirely sure what fixed it, I flashed the ZD firmware on it, then flashed Unleashed again (this time using SSH and ftp). Everything is connecting and working good now.

 

[U5684338]

There's a kernel panic during boot if the radios are enabled.

Ruckus APs install firmware upgrades onto their spare partition (there are 2 firmware partitions, one of which is marked active) and then mark the spare as active & reboot.

The first time this new firmware boots then it will apply any necessary upgrades to the configuration.

If, however, the new firmware fails to boot 3 times in a row then the spare partition (i.e. the firmware in use prior to the upgrade) is marked active, so the previous firmware version is restored.

So if you upgrade from 200.14 to 200.15, and your AP is not in 'Dedicated Master' mode, then the R730 will reboot 3 times & then revert to 200.14.


I bought some spare R730s for testing firmwares. So it's not debug logs holding me up - it's just the spare time and motivation to look into this, given the strong likelihood that it's not something that can be fixed. The R730 was dropped by Ruckus on all their platforms, so can't just crib fixes from e.g. SmartZone or ZoneDirector firmwares.

It seems that Ruckus has removed the firmware files for Hawkeye v1 in 200.15 and later:

/lib/firmware/IPQ8074$ ls hw.1
fw_version.txt  m3_fw.b00

I've tried to replace the firmware blobs with the firmware from 200.14, but that doesn't seem to fix the issue:

network ......... [started] (0.147)
eee ............. [started] (0.039)
fips_nss_post ... [started] (0.009)
tpm ............. [started] (0.441)
insmod: can't insert '/lib/modules/4.4.60/net/telemetry_agent.ko': No such file or directory
[   22.550256] cnss[2]: INFO: Waiting for FW ready. Device: 0xffff, FW ready timeout: 15 seconds
[   22.551798] diag: In diag_send_feature_mask_update, control channel is not open, p: 2, 80d6e3c8
[   22.557831] cnss[2]: INFO: QMI WLFW service connected, state: 0x1
[   22.566409] cnss[2]: INFO: device_id : 65535 mem mode : [0]
[   22.572513] cnss[2]: INFO: platform name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. IPQ807x/AP-HK02
[   22.578491] cnss[2]: INFO: Target capability: chip_id: 0x0, chip_family: 0x0, board_id: 0xff, soc_id: 0xffffffff, fw_version: 0x21090629, fw_build_timestamp: 2023-08-18 01:02, otp_version: 0x0 eeprom_caldata_read_timeout 0s
[   22.585927] cnss[2]: INFO: Operating band 5G
[   22.608205] cnss[2]: INFO: BDF location : 0x4b0c0000
[   22.609920] cnss[2]: INFO: BDF IPQ8074/bdwlan_R850.bin size 131072
[   22.615235] cnss[2]: INFO: Operating band 5G
[   22.625026] cnss[2]: ERR: Failed to get BDF file IPQ8074/caldata.bin (-22)
[   22.625282] cnss[2]: WARN: Caldata not present. Skipping caldata download: caldata.bin
[   22.650804] cnss[2]: INFO: FW ready received for device 0xffff
[   22.652475] cnss2 c000000.wifi: ioremap failed for resource [mem 0x0c000000-0x0dffffff]
[   22.655527] wlan: [675:E:HIF] hif_ahb_enable_bus: ath: ioremap error
[   22.663420] wlan: [675:E:HIF] hif_enable: hif_enable_bus error = 16
[   22.670037] wlan: [675:E:ANY] ol_ath_ahb_probe: Assertion failed! 0:ol_ath_ahb_probe /home/jenkins/slave-ngcicd/workspace/AP_UL_200.18.7.1_R750/rks_ap/platform_dp/linux/driver/11axwifi/os/linux/../../qca_ol/../offload/os/linux/ath_ahb.c:969
[   22.678323] WLAN Panic @ ol_ath_ahb_probe:969: Take care of the TARGET ASSERT first

Down the line I fixed the caldata file issue, but the main issue is related to the iomap error. If we have somebody with access to qsdk · GitLab , then somebody might be able to fetch the correct firmware blobs and we could try to load it. We need a blob for IPQ8074, that is compatible for WLAN.HK.2.6-02451-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1 v1. Newer blobs for v1 seem to exist, if you checkout https://svn.dd-wrt.com/export/58666/src/router/firmwares/wireless/ath11k/IPQ8074/hw1.0/ you can see that they also added a more recent version for Hawkeye v1 here. Unfortunately, this blob is also not compatible with the Ruckus firmware.

Funny enough you can see that it tries to load bdwlan_R850.bin as well, which is also the case for 200.14, but if we would ever be able to build it maybe we should link to the R730 blob instead.

 

[travellinground]

This is a slightly random aside, but I'm the guinea-pig for new tech at work and (out of the goodness of my heart) I offered to play around with some of the new Wifi 7 APs. However, from briefly reading up on them, because I'm outside the US it appears like I won't actually be able to use most of the features. If I were to use a VPN during setup (or something similar) would that be sufficient to gain access to these features, or should I let my US colleagues test this one?

 

[ms264556]

This is a slightly random aside, but I'm the guinea-pig for new tech at work and (out of the goodness of my heart) I offered to play around with some of the new Wifi 7 APs. However, from briefly reading up on them, because I'm outside the US it appears like I won't actually be able to use most of the features. If I were to use a VPN during setup (or something similar) would that be sufficient to gain access to these features, or should I let my US colleagues test this one?

I mean, "most of the features" is a stretch. You won't get AFC, so 6GHz power will be reduced, but it's still there & plenty fast up-close.

They will need to setup a Zone/Venue for your country, or you can install Unleashed. There's nothing technical stopping you from running with US country settings, but this is probably illegal depending on where you are outside north America.

If it's US locked then this is easy to bypass.

 

[tgl]

Radio authorities normally regulate what frequencies and transmit power levels you can use; they don't care about different wifi protocols. So I'd expect that you could use wifi 7 gear just as well as wifi 6 or wifi 5 gear, so long as you stick to allowed channels and power for your area.

If what you meant is that the 6GHz band isn't allowed where you live, that's annoying for this purpose, but it's not really a wifi 7 issue.

 

[travellinground]

6Ghz is disabled outside of the US, despite it being allowed to be used here.

 

[sth]

You won't get AFC, so 6GHz power will be reduced, but it's still there & plenty fast up-close.

AFC and 'stadard power' is only for APs mounted outside. Fixed internal models run fine without AFC at whats considered technically as low power.

 

[ms264556]

6Ghz is disabled outside of the US, despite it being allowed to be used here.

What country are you in? There are a ton of countries which allow 6GHz now.

I'm in New Zealand, and I definitely have 6Ghz.

Edit:

There's a country list here, but it doesn't include NZ which I know is supported, so I had a look at the Unleashed 200.18 config:-

Spoiler: Long list of 6GHz countries

Code	Country	AFC	6GHz Channels
AL	Albania		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
AR	Argentina		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
AU	Australia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
AT	Austria		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
AZ	Azerbaijan		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BH	Bahrain		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BY	Belarus		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BE	Belgium		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BZ	Belize		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BR	Brazil		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
BN	Brunei Darussalam		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BG	Bulgaria		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CA	Canada		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
CL	Chile		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CO	Colombia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
CR	Costa Rica		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
HR	Croatia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CY	Cyprus		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CZ	Czech Republic		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
DK	Denmark		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
DO	Dominican Republic		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
SV	El Salvador		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
EE	Estonia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
FI	Finland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
FR	France		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
DE	Germany		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
GR	Greece		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
GT	Guatemala		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
HN	Honduras		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
HK	Hong Kong		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
HU	Hungary		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
IS	Iceland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
IE	Ireland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
IL	Israel		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
IT	Italy		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
JP	Japan		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
JO	Jordan		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
KE	Kenya		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
KR	Korea Republic		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229
KW	Kuwait		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
LV	Latvia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
LI	Liechtenstein		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
LT	Lithuania		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
LU	Luxembourg		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MO	Macau		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MY	Malaysia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MT	Malta		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MU	Mauritius		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MX	Mexico		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MC	Monaco		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MN	Mongolia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MA	Morocco		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
NL	Netherlands		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
NZ	New Zealand		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
NO	Norway		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
PG	Papua New Guinea		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
PE	Peru		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
PL	Poland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
PT	Portugal		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
QA	Qatar		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
RO	Romania		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
RU	Russia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
SA	Saudi Arabia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
SG	Singapore		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
SK	Slovak Republic		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
ZA	South Africa		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
ES	Spain		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
SZ	Swaziland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
SE	Sweden		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CH	Switzerland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
TW	Taiwan		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
TH	Thailand		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
TR	Turkey		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
AE	United Arab Emirates		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
GB	United Kingdom		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
US	United States	TRUE	1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
EH	Western Sahara		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
ZM	Zambia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
ZW	Zimbabwe		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93

 

[hmw]

PSA: for folks buying R770 units off eBay, apparently the older models of this AP have really loud coil whine. Ref: R770 loud coil whine

At least one reputed eBay seller confirms this in his notes.

 

[warheat1990]

I have Ruckus R710 with broken reset button (and I also tried shorting the reset pin for a few seconds, but it only reset the unit) and I don't know the password. So I figure I will try to fix it instead of becoming e-waste.

I managed to get into u-boot using serial, so I figure I can either do a factory reset or flash a new firmware.

Someone told me to "setenv the bootargs to init into /bin/sh, then boot into Linux, trigger a factory reset & finally undo the bootargs change."

But I don't have enough knowledge to pull this off, I tried

setenv bootargs "console=ttyMSM0,115200n8 ubi.mtd=rcks_wlan.bkup root=mtd:ubi_rootfs init=/bin/sh"

Then do bootipq but it's giving me error message

u-boot> bootipq
MMC Device 0 not found
MMC Device 0 not found
Device 1: nand1... is now current device
Creating 1 MTD partitions on "nand0":
0x000000000000-0x000004000000 : "mtd=0"
UBI: attaching mtd2 to ubi0
UBI: physical eraseblock size:   131072 bytes (128 KiB)
UBI: logical eraseblock size:    126976 bytes
UBI: smallest flash I/O unit:    2048
UBI: VID header offset:          2048 (aligned 2048)
UBI: data offset:                4096
UBI error: vtbl_check: volume table check failed: record 1, error 9
UBI error: ubi_init: cannot attach mtd2
UBI error: ubi_init: UBI error: cannot initialize UBI, error -22
UBI init error 22

bootm and bootz also giving me error message.

u-boot> bootm
Wrong Image Format for bootm command
ERROR: can't get kernel image!

u-boot> bootz
Bad Linux ARM zImage magic!

Anyone know whats' the correct way to do a factory reset or flash a new firmware from u-boot?

 

[Mithril]

It seems that Ruckus has removed the firmware files for Hawkeye v1 in 200.15 and later:

/lib/firmware/IPQ8074$ ls hw.1
fw_version.txt  m3_fw.b00

I've tried to replace the firmware blobs with the firmware from 200.14, but that doesn't seem to fix the issue:

[...]

Down the line I fixed the caldata file issue, but the main issue is related to the iomap error. If we have somebody with access to qsdk · GitLab , then somebody might be able to fetch the correct firmware blobs and we could try to load it. We need a blob for IPQ8074, that is compatible for WLAN.HK.2.6-02451-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1 v1. Newer blobs for v1 seem to exist, if you checkout https://svn.dd-wrt.com/export/58666/src/router/firmwares/wireless/ath11k/IPQ8074/hw1.0/ you can see that they also added a more recent version for Hawkeye v1 here. Unfortunately, this blob is also not compatible with the Ruckus firmware.

Funny enough you can see that it tries to load bdwlan_R850.bin as well, which is also the case for 200.14, but if we would ever be able to build it maybe we should link to the R730 blob instead.

Nice work, I wonder if it would be possible to "fix" the dd-wrt blob to work with Ruckus. My thinking would be try the blob swapping out for a version of the firmware that still worked on the radio and go from there maybe. I also wonder if theres just other missing dependencies.

 

[U5684338]

I’m not too familiar with Qualcomm, but I don’t think that is going to work. We really need the Hawkeye v1 2.6 firmware. Also not sure if there is a difference in firmware for qca or ath11k.

 

[Vesalius]

Small release seems mainly for Apple devices.

Resolved Issues in Build 200.18.7.1.323

• Unleashed (200.17.7.0.152), Wi-Fi Calling drops or experiences one-way audio on Apple devices during roaming between access points.

[ER-15088]

 

[ms264556]

These latest 200.15 & 200.18 releases also silently fix critical security vulnerabilities. Again.
There's an announced ZoneDirector update which can't be downloaded yet. I assume it's also security related.

If your Unleashed management interface is exposed on the internet, or it's on the same VLAN as client devices you don't control, then you're less likely to end up as part of a botnet after this update.

(Obviously, use the cloud remote functionality or a VPN if you want to remotely manage your Ruckus APs. And configure your SSIDs with VLANs or client isolation where possible).

Edit: Ruckus have updated this security bulletin now, so it now recommends updating to these releases.

 

[slowhawkeclipse]

These latest 200.15 & 200.18 releases also silently fix critical security vulnerabilities. Again.
There's an announced ZoneDirector update which can't be downloaded yet. I assume it's also security related.

If your Unleashed management interface is exposed on the internet, or it's on the same VLAN as client devices you don't control, then you're less likely to end up as part of a botnet after this update.

(Obviously, use the cloud remote functionality or a VPN if you want to remotely manage your Ruckus APs. And configure your SSIDs with VLANs or client isolation where possible).

I'm having trouble installing this update. I tried on a R510 and R610, both online and local upgrade. It hangs at "Upgrading 0%" and then says "dispatch timeout". Is anyone else having issues installing this?

 

[ms264556]

Bit of Ruckus excitement today. Claroty Team82 announced a bunch of RCEs and authentication bypasses in Ruckus SmartZone, and had a (fair) bitch about Ruckus ignoring their vulnerability reports.

No actual CVEs, but I was able to reproduce the first one I looked at, just based on the article description.

CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#613753

RUCKUS Virtual SmartZone (vSZ) and RUCKUS Network Director (RND) contain multiple vulnerabilities

kb.cert.org

 

[jei]

I'm having trouble installing this update. I tried on a R510 and R610, both online and local upgrade. It hangs at "Upgrading 0%" and then says "dispatch timeout". Is anyone else having issues installing this?

Same issue with non-master Unleashed R710 AP, 200.15.6.212.27 stuck at 0% and timeout. Had to factory reset to get it thru eventually.

 

[jrk2025]

Hi Can any help me to successfully converted Xi-1 to R500

 

[ms264556]

Hi Can any help me to successfully converted Xi-1 to R500

You can see here that the Xi-1 is a ZF7321. It's honestly not worth your time to convert such a weak old AP.

The Xi-3 is an R500, which can run an early Unleashed version, so I have a conversion guide here.

You could, in theory, follow similar steps for the Xi-1, if someone had a ZF7321 and gave you the antenna info numbers. But I won't be bothering to work it out, sorry.

 

[is39]

I've limited experience with Ruckus Unleashed, and no experience with other Commscope AP+Controller lines.

What has always puzzled me about Unleashed (unless i'm missing something) is inability to save (and load) configuration in text form, so that it can be modified and loaded back via CLI. I know i can keep text config and paste it, but eventually it would become stale (especially if some changes are made via GUI).

I assume that there is a commercial offering from Commscope which does not suffer this limitation?

The only other WiFi AP/controller environment i've detailed experience is Aruba, and it does indeed have fully modifiable text config (via GUI or CLI), even in InstantOn edition (though this i believe is not being split off).